-ing

June 2018

We got to chat with -ing Founder, Ramy Alawssy after the conference chaos this year about how he fell into design, the amazing team scattered across the world, and using your knowledge and skills for social good.

When did you fall in love with design and how did you get started?

I fell in love with design, truly, when I realized it’s full potential. It was at the KL Design Week in 2010, Stefan Sagmeister was there, I didn’t even know who he was at that time. I came to that conference thinking I would be inspired, I left feeling like I can do anything, the world of possibilities felt limitless. Seeing Designers doing things I only dreamt to do, that’s incredible, and believing you can do great things is what makes you fall in love.

Give us the elevator pitch on what you do.

I am a Graphic Designer, designing a Creative Festival yearly based in Dubai, called -ing. The reason of -ing is to go from ideas to creation, hence the -ing. We love to help bring the world’s best creatives to Dubai to help build the next generation of local makers.

Whats your take on internships? (do you take interns now?)

It’s incredible, it changes lives, it shows you what the real world looks like in a glimpse, internship is what will be the beginning of your career, take it very seriously.

And yes we are taking interns in design and marketing, visit our website www.ingcreatives.com and go to “Our Story”.

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When I was 16, all I dreamt was being independent and successful, and I imagined money was the solution to that. Yes money is important, but far from everything we need.

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Who’s on the team, what are their roles and why do you love them?

Currently the team is diverse, here are the names:

Lindsey Alba, our Creative Project Manager, Dubai

Ana Maria Cara, our Creative Content Manager, Berlin

Hoda Moawad, our Creative Assistant, Dubai

Jiani Lu, our Creative Design Lead, Tornoto

Ryan Romanes, our Creative Director, Melbourne

Yev Baluyeva, our Creative Marketing Manager

Dragana Ivcevska, our Creative Marketing Coordinator

I love my team because I can’t imagine what we do without them, they make the world a better place, they’re passionate and truly believe in what we do, and that goes night and day.

What career advice would you give your 16yr old self?

When I was 16, all I dreamt was being independent and successful, and I imagined money was the solution to that. I mean how can you not think that, looking at everything in the world today. Yes money is important, but far from everything we need. My advice to my 16 year old self, do what gets you excited, and don’t over think, just keep trying and get up when you fall and fail, don’t sweat it, it will make you stronger and help you be smarter. As my dad tells me “You never know till you try”. As I write this, it’s making me reflect on what I do now, it’s helpful to me even today. Anyhow, what you read is great, but you need to act again and again and again to truly learn.

What do you think the design community could do more of to give back?

I love this question, because I meet a lot of young people, and I feel their number 1 goal in life is getting a job. That was mine too, and it is important, but while looking for work, you realize you’re a very smart and capable person, yes you are!! And what should you do with that brain? Help people, NGOs, friends with their businesses, the community, whatever you feel passionate about. Get to work, that will help you to start your learning right away, never ever sit ideal waiting for change, it is within you to bring change to your life.

2018 for you in a sentence.

It is a year of less, less talk, less clutter, less desires, only in having less do you get more out of life.

The image we’ll use on Instagram will be curated by us and loosely linked to your company to get the best
results for you from our audience. Sit back and relax, we’ve got this!

Internships are cheap to post, but please be respectful! This is is not a free design service. Our student
and graduate following is of the highest quality and we want to honour their talent. Please respect the
students and other commitments they might have time/money wise when submitting your ad. Thanks!

We love jobs! And so does our audience. Because our following is mostly students and graduates, the best
jobs to advertise are for junior and mid weight roles. Specially graphic design, digital design, typography
and illustration. Please note these are paid full time or part time roles, so if you have a one off project
to advertise, put it under our Freelance jobs dropdown instead. Thanks!

(Please note the image we’ll use on Instagram will be of our choice and no necessarily from your company,
but will be loosely linked to your ad, it will be the highest of standards and one which you will get the
best results from our audiences with. Trust us, we’ve got this!)

Welcome to our new section for freelance one-off jobs! To keep things simple, we want to connect you with
the talent by advertising what you need, and encouraging people to email you directly with an example of
their work. You can choose who to work with from all the submissions you receive. Everything is done online,
and you can expect a designer to be dealing with you remotely. The good news is you won’t be limited to
talent locally - this is advertised in each of our cities, meaning you will get a much higher standard of
work to choose from. Picking a budget is very hard - we do not encourage work for a fiver like some
websites, because you will end up with something worth a fiver!

Our community is full of the best emerging talent, and a average price should be around half of that of a professional.Our community is full of the best talent, and a average price should be around $65 p/h.

(Please note the image we’ll use on Instagram will be of our choice and no necessarily from your company,
but will be loosely linked to your ad, it will be the highest of standards and one which you will get the
best results from our audiences with. Trust us, we’ve got this!)

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